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1、专四听力50篇答案docPopular Pastime of the English PeopleOne of the best means of understanding the people of any nation is watching whatthe do with their non-working time.Most English men, women and children love growing things, especially flowers.Visitors to England in spring, summer or autumn are likely

2、to see gardens all theyway along the railwaylines.Thereareflowersatthe airports and flowers infactorygrounds, as well as in gardens along the roads. Each English town has at least oneparkwith beautifullykeptflower beds.Publicbuildingsofeverykind have brilliantwindow boxes and sometimes baskets of fl

3、owers are hanging on them.But what the English enjoy most is growing things themselves. If it is impossibleto have a garden, then a window box or something growing in a pot will do. Lookingat each other s gardens is a popular pastime with the English.4. British and American Police OfficersRealpolice

4、men,both inBritain and the.,hardlyrecognizeany commonpointsbetweentheir lives and what they se on TV if they ever get home in time.Some things are almost the same, of course, but the policemen do not think much ofthem much of them.The first difference is that a policemans real life deals with the la

5、w. Most ofwhathe learnsis thelaw.He has to know actuallywhatactionsare againstthe lawand what facts can be used to prove them in court. He has to know nearly as muchlaw as a lawyer, and whats more, he has to put it into practice on his feet, inthe dark and, running down a narrow street after someone

6、 he wants to talk to.Little of his time is spent in talking with beautiful girls or in bravely facingcruelcriminals.He willspend most ofhisworking lifearrangingmillionsof wordson thousands of forms about hundreds of sad, ordinary people who are guilty- ornot of stupid, unimportant crimes.Useful Word

7、s and Expressions:1. think much of重视，尊重2. in court在法庭上3. criminal罪犯，犯罪者4. guilty犯罪的，有罪的5. Living SpaceHow much living space does a person need What happens when his space needs are notmet Scientists are doing experiments on rats to try to determine the effects ofovercrowded conditionson man. Recent

8、studieshave shown thatthebehaviorofratsis greatlyaffectedby space. Ifrats have enough living space,theyeat well,sleepwelland producetheiryoung well.But if theirliving conditionsbecome toocrowded,their behavior and even their health change obviously. They can not sleep and eatwell,and signsoffearand

9、worrybecome clear.The more crowded they are,and morethey tend to bite each other and even kill each other. Thus, for rats, populationsand violence are directly related. Is this a natural law for human society as wellIs enough space not only satisfactory, but necessary for human survival These areint

10、eresting questions.6. The United NationsIn 1945,representativesof50 nationsmet to planthisorganization.Itwas calledthe United Nations. After the war, many more nations joined.Therearetwo majorpartsoftheUnitedNations.One iscalledtheGeneralAssembly.In the General Assembly, every member nation isrepres

11、ented andhas an equal vote.The second part is called the Security Council. It has representatives of just 15nations. Five nations are permanent members: the United States, Russia, France,Britain,and China.The 10 othermembers areelected every two yearsby theGeneralAssembly.The major job of the Securi

12、ty Council is to keep peace in the world. If necessary,it can send troops from member nations to try to stop little wars before they turninto big ones.It is hard to get the nations of the Security Council to agree on when this isnecessary. But they did vote to try to stop wars.Useful Words and Expre

13、ssions:1. representative代表2. General Assembly联合国大会3. permanent永久的，持久的4. Security Council联合国安全理事会7. PlasticWeuse plasticwrap to protectour foods.Weput our garbage inplasticbags orplasticcans. We sit on plastic chairs, play with plastic toys, drink from plastic cups,and wash our hair with shampoo from

14、 plastic bottles!Plastic does not grow in nature. It is made by mixing certain things together. Wecall it a produced or manufactured material. Plastic was first made in the 1860sfrom plants, such as wood and cotton. That plastic was soft and burned easily.The first modern plastics were made in the 1

15、930s. Most clear plastic starts out asthick, black oil. That plastic coating inside a pan begins as natural gas.Over the years, hundreds of different plastics have been developed. Some are hardand strong. Someare softand bendable.Someareclear.Someare many-colored.Thereis a plasticforalmost everyneed

16、. Scientistscontinueto experimentwithplastics.They hope to find even ways to use them!10. Private CarsWith theincreaseinthegeneralstandardofliving,some ordinaryChinese familiesbegin to afford a car. Yet opinions of the development of a private car vary fromperson to person.It gives a much greater de

17、gree of comfort and mobility. The owner of a car is nolongerforcedtoreplyon publictransport,and hence no irritationcaused by waitingfor busesortaxis.However,othersstronglyobjecttodevelopingprivatecars. Theymaintainthatas more and more carsareproducedand runin thestreet,a largevolumeof poisonousgas w

18、illbe givenoff, pollutingtheatmosphereand causing actualharmto the health of people.Whether privatecarsshouldbe developedinChicago isa difficultquestiontoanswer,yet the desire for the comfort and independence a private car can bring will notbe eliminated.12. A Young Mans PromiseOne day, a young man

19、was writing a letter to his girlfriend who lived just a fewmiles away ina nearbytown. He was tellingher how much he loved her and how wonderfulhe thought she was. The more he wrote the more poetic he became. Finally he saidthat in order to be with her, he would suffer the greatest difficulties, he w

20、ouldface thegreatestdangersthatanyone couldn timagine.Infact,tospend onlyoneminute with her, he would swim across the widest river, he would enter the deepestforest, and he would fight against the fiercest animals with his bare hands.He finished the letter, signed his name and then suddenly remember

21、ed that he hadforgottentomentionsomethingquiteimportant.So,in a postscriptbelowhisname,he added:“By the wThat Isnt Our Fault. and Mrs. Williams got married when he was twenty-three, and she was twenty.Twenty-fiveyearslater,theyhad a bigparty, and a photographercame and tooksomephotographs of them.Th

22、en the photographer gave Mrs.Williamsa cardand said,“Theyllbe ready nextWednesday. You can get them from studio.”“No,” Mrs. Williams said,“please send them to us.”The photographs arrived a week later, but Mrs. Williams was not happy when she sawthem. She gotintoher carand drovetothephotographer sstu

23、dio.She wentinsideand said angrily,“You took some photographs of me and my husband last week, butI m not going to pay for them.”“Oh, why not ” the photographer asked.“Because my husband looks like a monkey,” Mrs. Williams said.“Well, ” thephotographeranswered,“thatisn tour fault. Whydidn tyou thinko

24、f that before you married him”ay, I ll be over to see you on Wednesday night, if it doesnt rain. ”17. Living Things ReactYou and all organismslive an environment. Anenvironment is made up ofeverythingthat surrounds an organism. It can include the air, the water, the soil, and evenother organisms.An

25、organism responds to changes in its environment. When an organism responds toa change, it reacts in certain ways. All living things respond in some way.Have you ever noticed how plants and insects respond to light Plants bend towardlight. Insects fly toward light.Living thingsalso respondin other ways. The leaveson some trees respondto a changein season. In autumn, they change colors and then fall off the branches Animals also respond to a change in season. Squirrels save nuts for the winter. Bears sleep through the winter in a cave.You respond to your environme